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Twitch for Android adds support for offline profiles and chat

Jul21
by on July 21, 2014 at 11:39 pm
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Video game streaming service Twitch has released version 3.0 of its Android app, adding new profile pages and chatrooms for broadcasters when they’re offline. From within the Android app, user profiles now exist for any Twitch channel. Users can search for them directly or access channels they follow from the navigation menu. Even if your favorite streamer isn’t online at the moment, you can chat with other fans.       Search functionality in the Android app has also received a boost with the ability to swipe between different query categories, such as channels, people and games. ➤ Twitch for…

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Twitch for Android adds support for offline profiles and chat

Jul21
by on July 21, 2014 at 11:39 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

twitch
Video game streaming service Twitch has released version 3.0 of its Android app, adding new profile pages and chatrooms for broadcasters when they’re offline. From within the Android app, user profiles now exist for any Twitch channel. Users can search for them directly or access channels they follow from the navigation menu. Even if your favorite streamer isn’t online at the moment, you can chat with other fans.       Search functionality in the Android app has also received a boost with the ability to swipe between different query categories, such as channels, people and games. ➤ Twitch for…

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Yahoo to acquire mobile ad platform and analytics firm Flurry

Jul21
by on July 21, 2014 at 8:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Yahoo has purchased mobile ad platform Flurry. The deal helps bolster the company’s mobile ad strategy and gives it access to an impressive amount of app analytics – something it is in desperate need of. Re/Code broke the news of the acquisition this morning.  Yahoo states that, “Flurry’s products will continue to operate and innovate with Yahoo’s support and investment.” Yahoo has been struggling to reclaim its former luster. It reported that during its second quarter revenue was down and earnings were flat. As with all companies that rely on ad sales, mobile needs to be an integral part of the company’s strategy. Yahoo’s SVP Advertising Technology, Scott Burke…

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Yahoo to acquire mobile ad platform and analytics firm Flurry

Jul21
by on July 21, 2014 at 8:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Newest Innovations In Consumer Technology On Display At 2014 International CES
Yahoo has purchased mobile ad platform Flurry. The deal helps bolster the company’s mobile ad strategy and gives it access to an impressive amount of app analytics – something it is in desperate need of. Re/Code broke the news of the acquisition this morning.  Yahoo states that, “Flurry’s products will continue to operate and innovate with Yahoo’s support and investment.” Yahoo has been struggling to reclaim its former luster. It reported that during its second quarter revenue was down and earnings were flat. As with all companies that rely on ad sales, mobile needs to be an integral part of the company’s strategy. Yahoo’s SVP Advertising Technology, Scott Burke…

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Netflix now has 50 million streaming subscribers

Jul21
by on July 21, 2014 at 8:17 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Netflix announced today (PDF) that it topped 50 million streaming subscribers during the second quarter of 2014. That’s a whole lot of binge-watching. The company still has plenty of room to grow internationally, though, as just 13.8 million of Netflix’s 50.05 million streaming members are located overseas. Meanwhile, Netflix’s flagging DVD service has just 6.3 million US members. Original content has played a crucial role in helping Netflix grow its subscriber numbers. Season two of Orange Is The Next Black, for instance, helped the show become the most-watched series in every Netflix territory within a month of its release. On the financial side,…

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